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School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)

Location:
Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 422

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  1. Local Ruins (continued)

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    place to the other. When they were first built people used walk along the trough from one townland to another. The trough is broken but the buildings are still to be seen.
    The first buildings were erected by masons and they fell and then they were built by labourers with stone and mortar.
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  2. Local Heroes

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    One man known locally as "Buckalock" ran from Clogheen near Cork to Mallow. The police ran after him but when he reached the river Blackwater he jumped it and left the (guards) police behind.
    There was a woman at the other side washing clothes. When she saw what he had done she said "That was a big jump". He replied
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila O' Keefe
    Gender
    Female